Every time I watch an episode, I am forced to ask - "How have I never heard of this artist before?" The service you render to your audience is unparalleled, and appreciated more than can be expressed in a comment board -
@@petebeard Pete, your relaxed, informative demeanor has made you the Old Friend we look forward to spending time with whenever possible. If only we were all sitting around a table with coffee, wine or brandy to enjoy the presentation -
Absolutely stunning monsters and weird forms. They really grab your attention. Plus beautiful illustrations for children’s books. Thank you Pete for bringing Louis Moe to our attention, a very impressive artist.
Moe was 2nd to none. His children's illustrations were so enjoyable to look at. I would love to have the children's books just to ogle the artwork. I don't know how you always find another talented illustrator each time. My hats off to you, Pete.
Louis Moe was equally adept at lighthearted children's illustrations as he was at depicting dark themes. Thanks for presenting this look at his amazing body of work.
I can only repeat the appreciation of the viewers for your wonderful and deeply mesmerising channel. It is so therapeutic to watch and to hear your dulcet tones is always a joy. Thanks from the bottom of my heart Pete.
Although I cannot give an example, Moe's style seems to have influenced many illustrators after him. Thanks again for the great content on this channel. I learn something new each time.
Thanks for another great video. Your channel is by far and away one of the best produced and most informative on TH-cam. I am astounded at your almost inexhaustible supply of graphic artists. Keep 'em coming.
Thanks again for another favourable reaction to a video on the channel. And there's absolutely no sign of me running out of subjects for a considerable time yet.
Lovely artist beautiful art. Why don’t people make images like this. It amazes me how with none of the references and media exposure that arts of the past could capture such amazing scenes and moments. Stunning and underrated.
Another fabulous episode. I really liked the children's coloured images as well as the fantasy/mythological works aimed at adults. Thanks for all of the hard work that you put in to create these superb biographical vignettes.
What a great episode! As usual! 😄The variation of art styles Louis Moe delivered, is enormous!!! I really hope he got the praise he deserved for these fantastic drawings and paintings👍🤩
Thanks a lot for your comment and appreciation. Moe did get the recognition and rewards he deserved - at least in the Scandinavian countries. But why he is so poorly remembered by the rest of us I have no idea.
I love Louis's paintings. As I look at his illustrations I can't believe the amount of detail, but the time it must have taken to create them, especially his ink work. He uses a lot of ink and it's all pen strokes, and every stroke is permanent so I'm amazed. Thanks Pete, I look forward to your videos.
Thanks as ever for your appreciation of another video and in particular Moe's incredible talent for creating unforgettable images. He's another who should be far better known.
Thanks Pete, You are without a doubt the Ken Burns of Illustrators. You have brought to light the great artists of the past that without you would have faded away. Keep up the great videos.
I love what you do Pete. Every artist needs to see your presentations. I learned a lot of techniques on this edition and just in time to help me make my hand painted Christmas cards
I have read quite a few of his children books and books that illustrate nordic mythology as a child in my grandparents home in Copenhagen. But you have found so much more than I knew existed. I really admire your research, and not just for this episode. Finding and scanning illustrations from so many years ago, now only available on the second hand market or university libraries, and crafting the commentary, must be a gargantuan task. I look forward to each new episode.
Your appreciation of my efforts with the channel and creating the material for the videos is very welcome. On occasion I get the impression that some viewers think it's the work of a few minutes. But however long it takes me it doesn't feel like work, as I enjoy the process far too much.
Thanks for sharing this video with us all, Pete Beard ❤ It is always a blessing and a gift for learning and enjoying the magnificence of so many different artists and their immense accomplishments 🎉 🕉🪷💫🫶✨️ Forever grateful and honored by your grace and care of the representation of what is historically significant and informative in every post ❤ Louis Moe is fascinating 🐾🦋💜🐣
My thanks doesn't really seem adequate to reflect what a tonic your comments are for my fragile ego. It's been one of - if not the greatest - pleasures to have had so many positive reponses to my work on the channel. Your appreciation is greatly valued.
How you keep doing this is beyond me. I never knew there was so much illustration work out there that I had either never seen before or at best had only seen a very little of. Great works. You are correct in stating many of his works needed no writing. The stories were in the pictures and every kid with just a bit of an imagination could produce their own story just from looking at each picture. What a gift. Please don’t ever tell me you are running out of illustrators to present. These artists need continued exposure if for no other reason than to spur on a new generation of illustrators to unleash a child’s imagination.
Thanks again for your even more than usually enthusiastic response to this video. Such appreviation of my efforts to shine a spotlight on these illstrators is always welcome. And if I ever run out of subjects it will be some considerable time in the future. If you could see my list of others yet to come I think you might be surprised.
Hi Pete, Congratulations on another beautiful presentation. I lost count of how many times I said "wow" aloud while viewing Louis Moe's work (at least five…). Looks spectacular on the bigscreen TV. I look forward to toasting your 100K subscriber milestone! Thanks, once again, for all you do.
Thanks as usual and I'm delighted that you -and quite few others- rate Moe's work as highly as I do. And yes I'm inching ever so slowly it seems towards that magic number. Knowing me it'll be a disappointment when it happens...
I'm ppleased you enjoyed Moe's work and in his case at least the division between art and illustration could not be more blurred. All it needed was for those fantasy images to have come from books (and I wish they had). Imagine Dante or the Bible or Grimms...the list is endless.
• Louis Moe Kudos for your excellent camera work on this episode with crisp close-ups and abundant examples of Louis Moe's work. His work ranges from cheerful children's stories to scary fantastical creatures, from enticing nude etchings to cute humanized animal (anamorphic?) examples complete with animated trees that remind me of those in the 1939 movie "The Wizard of Oz." Thanks again for another stunning episode, this time with an artist with a long, abundant career.
Thanks for your favourable resoonse to the video and my presentation of Moe's work. He made it easy for me. I had to look up 'anamorphic' but disappointingly it means a strectched format. I wonder what the actual word would be? Maybe there isn't one.
You too made me curious about the word so I looked up "animals drawn like people." The results: When animals are drawn with human characteristics, like wearing clothes or walking on two legs, it's called anthropomorphism. Anthropomorphism can also refer to the tendency to attribute human characteristics to non-human things, like objects or phenomena.  
@@jerrystaley1563 Hi again. Yes I know about anthropomorphism and I can't remember a video wher I didn't use the word at some point. I thought what you meant was the other way around - a human with a dog's head as in one of the Moe prints. Must be the same the other way round.
Thanks, Pete. Interesting how his style for coloured illustration differed from that of his pen and ink work. And though I found his coloured work delightful I am more taken by the pen and ink drawings such as the one shown at 10:40. Just love the clawed hands ready to pounce on the fleeing figure. And it's good to see the is not forgotten.
Thanks for another favourable response. But I'm obliged to point out the image you refer to (and th other dark fantasy stuff) isn't pen and ink. It's drypoint etching, which makes the results even more amazing.
Another finely crafted & instructive video, Pete. I'd never heard of this man before, but kept finding echoes of other artists - Mervyn Peake in the cross-hatched black-&-white work, Heinrich Kley in the fantasy prints. He was an admirably versatile stylist. You've created a vital trove of illustrators for both general admirers & professionals. Thanks again.
Thank you for another great video! We liked the monochrome, darker subjects (and the illustrations for the Danish history) somewhat better than the childrens book pictures. Great crosshatching in many pictures, wonderful subject matter!
I remember Louis Moe's illustrations from some of the books on my grandfather's bookshelves. Thank you for sending me on a ride down memory lane! My fondest regards, Dorte
@petebeard When/if you have time to spare, do look up Per Marquardt Otzen, a Danish illustrator, born 1944 so too "young" for your topic. But, at least in my opinion, he's extraordinarily talented; Ive enjoyed his illustrations since the 60s and admire him greatly. Best wishes, Dorte
I'm so pleased that this channel exists, discover after discover, artists after artists. Great moments, these are an important time of the day, an enjoyable part of my life that make me understand that there is so many more beauty and passion and great artists around us ! Again, I never heard about Louis Moe, and what a wonderful time it was to see all these images ! Thanks !
Very interesting dichotomy of styles. I wonder if Moe felt a need to indulge in his dark fantasies to keep them from creeping into his children's books or extracted the darkness from his children's stories and had to deposit it somewhere. Makes one wonder if others children's book illustrators such as Beatrice Potter had a hidden darker side - she did become quite the amateur mycologist and a proficient an illustrator of 'toadstools', or so I've read. Anyway, that's just woolgathering (the fairy tale books that I remember from childhood all had rather dark and menacing aspects - no Moe or Potter, just Grimm) and I did not expect to find Moe so interesting, so thanks again Pete.
Many thanks for your appreciation and comments about the video and Moe's work. Personally (but that's just how I am) I would have liked to see him include some of the darker stuff into his kid's books. The little devils don't need as much protection from such things as modern parents and publishers seem to think.
Another great episode. His early paintings showed immense talent and I can only hope he didn't put that aside entirely. His full name gives him more than enough pseudonyms to have used.
Thanks for the comment. I think I came across only a couple of actual paintings in my searches, and I got the distinct impression (don't quite me) he was far more popular for his prints.
Thank you as always, Pete Beard, for an engrossing review of an enchanting illustrator/author! I wasn’t familiar with Moe’s work, but by the end of your video I felt as though we were old acquaintances - a charming and direct and very human artist. It’s a pleasure as well to hear your voice, so well paced to the music and the parade of images. Thank you again!
Thanks a lot for your appreciation, and I must say I absolutely agree with you about forming a relationship with a previously unknown illustrator. I have felt that way with quite a few I've covered who were relatively new to me.
Alas, the only trouble with such arresting intricate art is that my children and grandchildren would take forever to read just one book before bed, spending hours studying the illustrations and exclaiming with joy over each discovery, and by then, I would be too tired to sneak it away for my own enjoyment. 😉
Thanks Pete! Another incredible discovery and a great inspiration you’ve found for me. Always appreciate your hard work collecting all this info! Gonna have to get myself some second hand books! :)
TThanks a lot for your appreciation. When the comments are as favourable as they are for this one I find it very encouraging to continue my apparently endless mission.
Like others here, I marvel at your ability to find artists I never knew existed! I take your point in some of the earlier works being less defined and sharp, but later especially in the illustrations of The Valkyrie, I see some of the type of "scribbly art" I love in Edward Ardizzone. Since Ardizzone would have been about 45 when Moe died, it seems likely he would have seen some of Moe's work?
Thanks a lot for your appreciative comment, and yes there is an undoubted similarity on occasion with the wotk of Ardizzone (who is also on my list of course). Whether it's coincidental or one knew of the other I couldn't say, though.
Another great one, Pete. Not surprised at the diverse "visions" of an artist; not being pigeon-holed into one style or way of working. I wonder , if he was working in today's market, if he would be able to sustain both his lighter, child friendly work with his darker images (someone on the internet would get upset, I'm sure. Of course there's Tomi Ungerer, but then, he's still a generation or two distant). Anyway, thanks as always for introducing us to another great artist. Cold and foggy here in Provence; one of the regulars at my local café where I go for my early morning coffee always points to the fog and cloudy skies and says, "Ah! C"est Angleterre!" Stay safe and unfoggy, mon vieux. Cheers!
Hi again, and I thought this one might tickle your fancy. What a talent he had for both dark and light. I'm in awe of all of it and I'm ashamed of my youthful indifference towards techniques such as lithography and etching when I was at art school. Your Gallic chum should really say "Ah! C'est Manchester!" if he wants to be truly accurate.
Thanks a lot for your appreciation. I wasn't previously aware of the Alice and Jerry books as we did't get them in Britain. But I just took a look online and i see what you mean.
Mr. Beard, I truly appreciate all these fine and well-researched, thoughtful videos of you make and share. I just wanted to say thank you from all the way over here in the Philippines.
Your appreciation is very welcome, and having just viewed some of your own videos I have to say I find your work very impressive and enjoyable to watch evolve onscreen. I hope you enjoy suitable rewards for your talent.
I’m struck by how early in life illustrators found notable success in the late 19th century and early 20th century . Considering how much of our modern lives are spent on passive activities is more than a bit distressing. The opportunity cost of is quite high.
I have found virtually every video to be, well, eye-opening. This artist reminds me of the range between darkly handsome illustrations in an old "Princess and Curdie" to the jokey cartooning of the first artist, as well as the waving hair, water and foliage and dark Romantic mystery of the John R. Neill's subsequent Baum OZ books. The dog-headed mourner! the centaurs...
Another great nordic illustrator I hardly knew. It's not so bad to buy books in the used market, it just means you are closer to the original edition than the facsímile. Don't worry, I'm sure Pook Books will publish some of his work, they covered all the English illustrators already.
Hi Albert, and thanks for the comment. I still haven't heard what the publisher is offering (what a surprise) so I'll hold off a bit before replying to your last e-mail.
You could call Louis Moe an unsung hero of Telemark, but the real heroes of Telemark in WW2 are quiet famous, at least in Norway. Scandinavia seems to have a very rich history in folklore and story telling.
Thanks for the comment and I hope you enjoy your celebration. Of course on this side of the pond we don't have it. Probably because there's very little to be thankful for...
"Eponymous hippopotamus"? There's an older children's story in there somewhere--! Naturally, I'm attracted to the darker-themed prints, but all his work is admirable, if "only" technically.
Hi aggain and thanks a lot The idea of creating images by scratching away with a needle on metal just about does me in. I ignored all that side of things when at art school.
Peter, wonderful video. I especially enjoy your great music choices! Also, interestingly, at 3:34 time stamp, the use of such large illustrations per each page, at a time in history when i would imagine, materials, paper & ink (used in the printing process), were at a premium...curious
Thanks a lot for your comment and appreciation of the video. I'm not sure there was any significant constraint of print or materials, (or at least none that I'm aware of) other than during the two world wars.
I really like this fellow’s art work and in general I prefer his line work illustrations. But I wonder if he had nightmares. Some of his anthropologic characters are quite disturbing,
Thanks for the comment. Personally I'm a fan of 'disturbing'. It's a quality found in many kid's books (or at least the better ones).But each to their own in that regard.
Every time I watch an episode, I am forced to ask - "How have I never heard of this artist before?" The service you render to your audience is unparalleled, and appreciated more than can be expressed in a comment board -
You are so correct! Mr Beard does us a great service by bringing these wonderful artists to our attention💚
Your very positive response to this video and my efforts with the channel in general are very welcome. Thanks so much.
@@petebeard Pete, your relaxed, informative demeanor has made you the Old Friend we look forward to spending time with whenever possible. If only we were all sitting around a table with coffee, wine or brandy to enjoy the presentation -
This channel is TH-cam's GOLDEN TREASURE...
Thanks, Peter, for share your wonderful images and your knowledge with us... ❤
Your appreciation of my work on the channel is very welcome, and comments such as yours keep my levels of motivation high. Thanks a lot.
It’s always a pleasure to discover another artist thanks to an artist who excels in the art of communicating his passion!
Many thanks - from both of us. Such comments are always appreciated.
Absolutely stunning monsters and weird forms. They really grab your attention. Plus beautiful illustrations for children’s books. Thank you Pete for bringing Louis Moe to our attention, a very impressive artist.
Thanks for your comment, and I'm glad that like me you appreciate both sides of his talent.
Moe was 2nd to none. His children's illustrations were so enjoyable to look at. I would love to have the children's books just to ogle the artwork.
I don't know how you always find another talented illustrator each time. My hats off to you, Pete.
Thanks a lot for your continued appreciation. Moe has to be one of my all time favourite subjects.
I would hit the like button 1000 times if I could, thank you for this.
..and if I had the power I'd let you. But thanks for the thought.
Louis Moe was equally adept at lighthearted children's illustrations as he was at depicting dark themes. Thanks for presenting this look at his amazing body of work.
Thanks for your favourable response. I'm pleased you appreciate his marvellous work.
I can only repeat the appreciation of the viewers for your wonderful and deeply mesmerising channel. It is so therapeutic to watch and to hear your dulcet tones is always a joy. Thanks from the bottom of my heart Pete.
Thanks for another favourable comment about the channel, and my efforts with the presentation of the images. Both are very welcome.
Another treat. Thanks Pete. To lose myself in art and illustration, all new to me, is therapy.
Hello again and thanks once more for your appreciation of my work on the channel.
Louis Moe. I love his anthropomorphism skills! He sure knows how to tell a story with his illustrations. A feast for the eyes and imagination.
Thanks for the comment and it's good to know you share my high opinion of his work.
My Favourite Channel...and my therapy. I had never heard of Louis Moe and so glad I now know of him.
Thanks a lot for your continued appreciation. It's very welcome.
Although I cannot give an example, Moe's style seems to have influenced many illustrators after him. Thanks again for the great content on this channel. I learn something new each time.
Many thanks for your comment and appreciation of Moe's work.
Thanks for another great video. Your channel is by far and away one of the best produced and most informative on TH-cam. I am astounded at your almost inexhaustible supply of graphic artists. Keep 'em coming.
Thanks again for another favourable reaction to a video on the channel. And there's absolutely no sign of me running out of subjects for a considerable time yet.
Beautifully written and presented. How charming and humorous you are dear Pete. Thank you so very much.
Many thanks for your appreciation, and flattering estimation of my character. I'm blushing.
Lovely artist beautiful art. Why don’t people make images like this. It amazes me how with none of the references and media exposure that arts of the past could capture such amazing scenes and moments. Stunning and underrated.
Thanks a lot for your comment and appreciation of Moe's incredible work.
Wonderful artist with a wide variety of styles and a great skill in lighting and shading. Thank you for presenting Louis Moe!
Thanks a lot, and I'm very pleased he seems to be pretty popular with other viewers too.
Thanks, Pete ol bean, for your service, spot on' spot on !!!
Many thanks for your appreciation. Always a welcome tonic.
Another fabulous episode. I really liked the children's coloured images as well as the fantasy/mythological works aimed at adults. Thanks for all of the hard work that you put in to create these superb biographical vignettes.
I'm pleased you appreciate both sides of Moe's talent, and thanks as always for your enduring support.
What a great episode! As usual! 😄The variation of art styles Louis Moe delivered, is enormous!!! I really hope he got the praise he deserved for these fantastic drawings and paintings👍🤩
Thanks a lot for your comment and appreciation. Moe did get the recognition and rewards he deserved - at least in the Scandinavian countries. But why he is so poorly remembered by the rest of us I have no idea.
I love Louis's paintings. As I look at his illustrations I can't believe the amount of detail, but the time it must have taken to create them, especially his ink work. He uses a lot of ink and it's all pen strokes, and every stroke is permanent so I'm amazed. Thanks Pete, I look forward to your videos.
Thanks as ever for your appreciation of another video and in particular Moe's incredible talent for creating unforgettable images. He's another who should be far better known.
Thanks Pete, You are without a doubt the Ken Burns of Illustrators. You have brought to light the great artists of the past that without you would have faded away. Keep up the great videos.
Many thanks for your appreciation and flattering comparison. Such favourable comments are always a tonic for the troops.
I love what you do Pete. Every artist needs to see your presentations. I learned a lot of techniques on this edition and just in time to help me make my hand painted Christmas cards
Thanks a lot for your appreciation, and if the channel inspires you in your own work that's a real bonus.
I have read quite a few of his children books and books that illustrate nordic mythology as a child in my grandparents home in Copenhagen. But you have found so much more than I knew existed. I really admire your research, and not just for this episode. Finding and scanning illustrations from so many years ago, now only available on the second hand market or university libraries, and crafting the commentary, must be a gargantuan task. I look forward to each new episode.
Your appreciation of my efforts with the channel and creating the material for the videos is very welcome. On occasion I get the impression that some viewers think it's the work of a few minutes. But however long it takes me it doesn't feel like work, as I enjoy the process far too much.
So many pictures bring back childhood memories. 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
Thanks a lot for your comment. It's appreciated.
Thanks for sharing this video with us all, Pete Beard ❤
It is always a blessing and a gift for learning and enjoying the magnificence of so many different artists and their immense accomplishments 🎉
🕉🪷💫🫶✨️
Forever grateful and honored by your grace and care of the representation of what is historically significant and informative in every post ❤
Louis Moe is fascinating 🐾🦋💜🐣
My thanks doesn't really seem adequate to reflect what a tonic your comments are for my fragile ego. It's been one of - if not the greatest - pleasures to have had so many positive reponses to my work on the channel. Your appreciation is greatly valued.
Thank you, this was wonderful.
As a writer and aspiring illustrator I love this type of history.
Thanks a lot for your comment and if you find the content inspires you so much the better.
What a wonderful artist. Thank you so much for highlighting his work in illustrations of children’s books. A genre I have ALWAYS LOVED.
Thanks a lot for your comment and I'm pleased you admire Moe's incredible work.
Another excellent essay. Thank you for sharing, all the best.
I'm pleased you enjoyed the video and appreciate Moe's stunning work. Thanks for the appreciation.
What a marvellous artist. Breathtaking.
I'm glad you think so. Thanks for the comment.
@@petebeard Well, it's extremely rare to see the combined qualities of Gustave Doré and Kate Greenaway and Beatrix Potter within one artist!
Beautiful, thank you.
Thanks a lot for your comment.
How you keep doing this is beyond me. I never knew there was so much illustration work out there that I had either never seen before or at best had only seen a very little of. Great works. You are correct in stating many of his works needed no writing. The stories were in the pictures and every kid with just a bit of an imagination could produce their own story just from looking at each picture. What a gift. Please don’t ever tell me you are running out of illustrators to present. These artists need continued exposure if for no other reason than to spur on a new generation of illustrators to unleash a child’s imagination.
Thanks again for your even more than usually enthusiastic response to this video. Such appreviation of my efforts to shine a spotlight on these illstrators is always welcome. And if I ever run out of subjects it will be some considerable time in the future. If you could see my list of others yet to come I think you might be surprised.
Hi Pete, Congratulations on another beautiful presentation. I lost count of how many times I said "wow" aloud while viewing Louis Moe's work (at least five…). Looks spectacular on the bigscreen TV. I look forward to toasting your 100K subscriber milestone! Thanks, once again, for all you do.
Thanks as usual and I'm delighted that you -and quite few others- rate Moe's work as highly as I do. And yes I'm inching ever so slowly it seems towards that magic number. Knowing me it'll be a disappointment when it happens...
wow... great work, Pete, thank you again
Many thanks for your appreciation.
I find it very impressive that he can go from emotionally soft chidrens work, then plunge into some really quite disturbing and dark illustrations.
Two illustrator/artists for the price of one. Quite an achievement I think. Thanks for your comment.
Thank you yet again, Pete, for another absorbing journey into the inspired and singular vision of a unique artist...er...illustrator 😂
I'm ppleased you enjoyed Moe's work and in his case at least the division between art and illustration could not be more blurred. All it needed was for those fantasy images to have come from books (and I wish they had). Imagine Dante or the Bible or Grimms...the list is endless.
• Louis Moe
Kudos for your excellent camera work on this episode with crisp close-ups and abundant examples of Louis Moe's work.
His work ranges from cheerful children's stories to scary fantastical creatures, from enticing nude etchings to cute humanized animal (anamorphic?) examples complete with animated trees that remind me of those in the 1939 movie "The Wizard of Oz."
Thanks again for another stunning episode, this time with an artist with a long, abundant career.
Thanks for your favourable resoonse to the video and my presentation of Moe's work. He made it easy for me. I had to look up 'anamorphic' but disappointingly it means a strectched format. I wonder what the actual word would be? Maybe there isn't one.
You too made me curious about the word so I looked up "animals drawn like people." The results:
When animals are drawn with human characteristics, like wearing clothes or walking on two legs, it's called anthropomorphism.
Anthropomorphism can also refer to the tendency to attribute human characteristics to non-human things, like objects or phenomena.


@@jerrystaley1563 Hi again. Yes I know about anthropomorphism and I can't remember a video wher I didn't use the word at some point. I thought what you meant was the other way around - a human with a dog's head as in one of the Moe prints. Must be the same the other way round.
Thanks, Pete. Interesting how his style for coloured illustration differed from that of his pen and ink work. And though I found his coloured work delightful I am more taken by the pen and ink drawings such as the one shown at 10:40. Just love the clawed hands ready to pounce on the fleeing figure.
And it's good to see the is not forgotten.
Thanks for another favourable response. But I'm obliged to point out the image you refer to (and th other dark fantasy stuff) isn't pen and ink. It's drypoint etching, which makes the results even more amazing.
wonderful art, the fluid, expressive pen work of Louis Moe is very organic and vibrant. thanks for sharing
Thanks a lot for your comment and I'm glad that you appreciate the genius of Louis Moe.
I am a great lover of illustration and your videos always set me off looking for more books and prints to buy.
Thanks a lot for your appreciation and I hope your search is successful.
Thank you sir for your great work and all these wonderful discoveries!
Your appreciation of my efforts is very welcome - thanks a lot.
Thank you. Another marvellous video.
Thanks for your favourable response to the video and Moe's incredible output of work.
Another finely crafted & instructive video, Pete. I'd never heard of this man before, but kept finding echoes of other artists - Mervyn Peake in the cross-hatched black-&-white work, Heinrich Kley in the fantasy prints. He was an admirably versatile stylist. You've created a vital trove of illustrators for both general admirers & professionals. Thanks again.
Thanks a lot for your comment and reflection of the ecjoes of his work in others. Your appreciation is very welcome.
Super! Always surprising, the darker side on this guy is ace.
Thanks a lot for your comment and appreciation.
Thank you for another great video! We liked the monochrome, darker subjects (and the illustrations for the Danish history) somewhat better than the childrens book pictures. Great crosshatching in many pictures, wonderful subject matter!
Thanks again for another favourable response. I wouldn't want to choose between the art and illustrations myself - I'm in awe of it all.
I remember Louis Moe's illustrations from some of the books on my grandfather's bookshelves. Thank you for sending me on a ride down memory lane!
My fondest regards, Dorte
Many thanks for your appreciation and I'm glad I stirred up good memories for you.
@petebeard
When/if you have time to spare, do look up Per Marquardt Otzen, a Danish illustrator, born 1944 so too "young" for your topic. But, at least in my opinion, he's extraordinarily talented; Ive enjoyed his illustrations since the 60s and admire him greatly.
Best wishes, Dorte
I'm so pleased that this channel exists, discover after discover, artists after artists.
Great moments, these are an important time of the day, an enjoyable part of my life that make me understand that there is so many more beauty and passion and great artists around us !
Again, I never heard about Louis Moe, and what a wonderful time it was to see all these images !
Thanks !
Thanks for another favourable comment. And I'm particularly pleased to have introduced you - and quite a few other viewers - to Moe's incredible work.
Very interesting dichotomy of styles. I wonder if Moe felt a need to indulge in his dark fantasies to keep them from creeping into his children's books or extracted the darkness from his children's stories and had to deposit it somewhere. Makes one wonder if others children's book illustrators such as Beatrice Potter had a hidden darker side - she did become quite the amateur mycologist and a proficient an illustrator of 'toadstools', or so I've read. Anyway, that's just woolgathering (the fairy tale books that I remember from childhood all had rather dark and menacing aspects - no Moe or Potter, just Grimm) and I did not expect to find Moe so interesting, so thanks again Pete.
Many thanks for your appreciation and comments about the video and Moe's work. Personally (but that's just how I am) I would have liked to see him include some of the darker stuff into his kid's books. The little devils don't need as much protection from such things as modern parents and publishers seem to think.
Another great episode. His early paintings showed immense talent and I can only hope he didn't put that aside entirely. His full name gives him more than enough pseudonyms to have used.
Thanks for the comment. I think I came across only a couple of actual paintings in my searches, and I got the distinct impression (don't quite me) he was far more popular for his prints.
Beautiful, thanks
You are most welcome.
Thanks ,as always, Pete for sharing this with us all,best wishes.......E
Hello Mr. C, and thanks a lot from yours truly. Did you say recently it's grim up north? I don't know what you could mean.
@petebeard...maybe looking at the post Industrial splendour of Birkenhead docks, you might understand my tongue in cheek comment....😅😅😅😅
Thank you as always, Pete Beard, for an engrossing review of an enchanting illustrator/author! I wasn’t familiar with Moe’s work, but by the end of your video I felt as though we were old acquaintances - a charming and direct and very human artist.
It’s a pleasure as well to hear your voice, so well paced to the music and the parade of images.
Thank you again!
Thanks a lot for your appreciation, and I must say I absolutely agree with you about forming a relationship with a previously unknown illustrator. I have felt that way with quite a few I've covered who were relatively new to me.
Alas, the only trouble with such arresting intricate art is that my children and grandchildren would take forever to read just one book before bed, spending hours studying the illustrations and exclaiming with joy over each discovery, and by then, I would be too tired to sneak it away for my own enjoyment. 😉
Thanks a lot for your comment, which certainly made me smile. Maybe wait until they are a little older and they can read them for themselves?
Repeatedly grateful and delighted.
Thanks again. It's appreciated.
Thanks Pete! Another incredible discovery and a great inspiration you’ve found for me. Always appreciate your hard work collecting all this info! Gonna have to get myself some second hand books! :)
TThanks a lot for your appreciation. When the comments are as favourable as they are for this one I find it very encouraging to continue my apparently endless mission.
Like others here, I marvel at your ability to find artists I never knew existed! I take your point in some of the earlier works being less defined and sharp, but later especially in the illustrations of The Valkyrie, I see some of the type of "scribbly art" I love in Edward Ardizzone. Since Ardizzone would have been about 45 when Moe died, it seems likely he would have seen some of Moe's work?
Thanks a lot for your appreciative comment, and yes there is an undoubted similarity on occasion with the wotk of Ardizzone (who is also on my list of course). Whether it's coincidental or one knew of the other I couldn't say, though.
Another great one, Pete. Not surprised at the diverse "visions" of an artist; not being pigeon-holed into one style or way of working. I wonder , if he was working in today's market, if he would be able to sustain both his lighter, child friendly work with his darker images (someone on the internet would get upset, I'm sure. Of course there's Tomi Ungerer, but then, he's still a generation or two distant). Anyway, thanks as always for introducing us to another great artist. Cold and foggy here in Provence; one of the regulars at my local café where I go for my early morning coffee always points to the fog and cloudy skies and says, "Ah! C"est Angleterre!" Stay safe and unfoggy, mon vieux. Cheers!
Hi again, and I thought this one might tickle your fancy. What a talent he had for both dark and light. I'm in awe of all of it and I'm ashamed of my youthful indifference towards techniques such as lithography and etching when I was at art school. Your Gallic chum should really say "Ah! C'est Manchester!" if he wants to be truly accurate.
Thanks for another great video! Greetings from Denmark 🇩🇰
Many thanks for your comment and appreciationof Moe's work. Sorry if my pronunciation was a bit wayward.
Absolutely lovely, thanks you so much. These remind somewhat of the Alice & Jerry primers I enjoyed as a very young child a long time ago.
Thanks a lot for your appreciation. I wasn't previously aware of the Alice and Jerry books as we did't get them in Britain. But I just took a look online and i see what you mean.
Mr. Beard, I truly appreciate all these fine and well-researched, thoughtful videos of you make and share. I just wanted to say thank you from all the way over here in the Philippines.
Your appreciation is very welcome, and having just viewed some of your own videos I have to say I find your work very impressive and enjoyable to watch evolve onscreen. I hope you enjoy suitable rewards for your talent.
I’m struck by how early in life illustrators found notable success in the late 19th century and early 20th century .
Considering how much of our modern lives are spent on passive activities is more than a bit distressing. The opportunity cost of is quite high.
Many thanks for your comment and observations reflecting on then and now. Now doesn't come out of the comparison very well at all, does it?
Thank you for wonderful morning and new artist to sketch
Thanks a lot for your comment and appreciation. We could all learn a lot from Moe's work I think.
I have found virtually every video to be, well, eye-opening. This artist reminds me of the range between darkly handsome illustrations in an old "Princess and Curdie" to the jokey cartooning of the first artist, as well as the waving hair, water and foliage and dark Romantic mystery of the John R. Neill's subsequent Baum OZ books. The dog-headed mourner! the centaurs...
Many thanks for your appreciation of the channel content. It's good to know I'm introducing viewers to these lesser known but impressive talents.
Another great nordic illustrator I hardly knew. It's not so bad to buy books in the used market, it just means you are closer to the original edition than the facsímile. Don't worry, I'm sure Pook Books will publish some of his work, they covered all the English illustrators already.
Hi Albert, and thanks for the comment. I still haven't heard what the publisher is offering (what a surprise) so I'll hold off a bit before replying to your last e-mail.
@@petebeard No problem, relax and enjoy your Thanksgiving holiday.
You could call Louis Moe an unsung hero of Telemark, but the real heroes of Telemark in WW2 are quiet famous, at least in Norway. Scandinavia seems to have a very rich history in folklore and story telling.
Thanks for the comment and appreciation, as ever.
I love your channel. I love illustration........
Thanks for the comment and appreciation.
pete beard: Gracias por compartir tanta belleza; un abrazo y un saludo desde Colombia
Muchas gracias por valorar mi trabajo para el canal y me alegra que disfrutes el contenido.
yo Pete another sensational presentation !!! Happy Thanksgiving
Thanks for the comment and I hope you enjoy your celebration. Of course on this side of the pond we don't have it. Probably because there's very little to be thankful for...
"Eponymous hippopotamus"? There's an older children's story in there somewhere--! Naturally, I'm attracted to the darker-themed prints, but all his work is admirable, if "only" technically.
Hi aggain and thanks a lot The idea of creating images by scratching away with a needle on metal just about does me in. I ignored all that side of things when at art school.
Lovely, thank you.
You are most welcome.
Peter, wonderful video. I especially enjoy your great music choices! Also, interestingly, at 3:34 time stamp, the use of such large illustrations per each page, at a time in history when i would imagine, materials, paper & ink (used in the printing process), were at a premium...curious
Thanks a lot for your comment and appreciation of the video. I'm not sure there was any significant constraint of print or materials, (or at least none that I'm aware of) other than during the two world wars.
I really like this fellow’s art work and in general I prefer his line work illustrations. But I wonder if he had nightmares. Some of his anthropologic characters are quite disturbing,
Thanks for the comment. Personally I'm a fan of 'disturbing'. It's a quality found in many kid's books (or at least the better ones).But each to their own in that regard.
Thank you for your videos. These bring me so much delight. ヾ(⌐■_■)ノ🖤🖤🖤
Many thanks for your apprecciation, and you are very welcome.
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First for the show.
..and I'm glad you were.
I was born in the wrong time.
Sadly, I think you might have a point there.Thanks for the comment.
One of the stories is like the wizard of Oz storyline
Thanks for the comment.
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I'm smitten. Louis Moe is an artist I shall work hard to not forget.
Thanks for the favourable comment. Moe is well worth remembering in my book.